He vetoes a bill that had cross party support......
He spends our tax dollars providing universal and free health care in Iraq.. but doesn't think American Children are worthy of the same. This is crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-10-04 01:57:52 · 21 answers · asked by Dream Realized 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It seems that facts about Iraq's healthcare are not as they seem in our media.
Earlier report by the UN stated that before the first US war, "Iraq had an extensive national health care network. Primary care services were available to 97% of the urban population and 71% of the rural population". Every Iraqi citizen had the right to free health care provided by the government. In 1991, Iraq had 1,800 primary health centres, according to the UN children's agency UNICEF.
As a result of US war and sanctions, a decade later that number had fallen to 929, of which a third require serious rehabilitation, one of the most pressing needs to date. The US-British sponsored sanctions and wars against the Iraqi people have killed more than 2 million Iraqi civilians, a third of them were children under the age of five. Iraq's health care and education systems were deliberately targeted for destruction.
Under the US-UN imposed genocidal sanctions, Iraq's public health care system has eroded at every level. Life-saving medical supplies such as chemotherapy drugs, antibiotics, vaccines etc., are either banned or delayed under the dual-use policy. Medical equipments that Iraq was allowed to import were either blocked from delivery by US-Britain or the shipments were almost invariably incomplete and of unusable quality.
Using the usual mask of the UN, "the US had prevented the normal importation of indispensable items of equipment for more than a decade" wrote Tom Nagy of George Washington University. In his research on the effect of sanctions on Iraq's water and the health care system, Nagy found that the US
"intentionally destroying whatever had remained of Iraq's water system within six months by using sanctions to prevent the import of a mere handful of items of equipment and chemicals" that are vital for the treatment of water.
http://www.countercurrents.org/iraq-hassan011204.htm
I believe that George wants all the funding to go to war instead of domestic concerns. They are trying to secure the oil in Iraq for US Private corporations and so sadly lives do not matter to this administration.
2007-10-04 05:18:42 · answer #1 · answered by Twilight 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Bush claims that he doesn't want out of control spending, but this damned war in Iraq has turned Clinton's surplus into a record deficit. I guess we know where Bush's priorities are!
2007-10-04 02:41:21 · answer #2 · answered by tangerine 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There you pass returned, attempting to bypass the blame. Clinton warned Bush that bin encumbered became the suitable threat the U. S. and A confronted. Bush did no longer something. besides, custody? i did no longer understand there became a custody conflict. What did family participants court docket pick?
2016-10-10 07:08:32 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He needs that money to fuel his failing military campaigns in the Middle East. For Bush and neoconservatives, federal money should be used to destroy lives rather than save them.
2007-10-04 02:41:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
It was a bad bill that needed to be vetoed. If it's so good, why did an override not occur?
2007-10-04 02:38:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's not that he doesn't want to protect children. It's POOR children, the most vulnerable citizens we have, that he's not interested in.
2007-10-04 02:40:00 · answer #6 · answered by phovisi 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you would research your information before you rant maybe you would see that the bill was not a very good one. Libsticker put it in his answer. You automatically assume Bush hates kids because he vetoed a bill for health insurance for them.
2007-10-04 02:10:14 · answer #7 · answered by .. 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
There is not enough money in the world to support all the children of the lazy breeding class. Spay and Neuter them and leave us taxpayers alone. Use your own money for these programs, not mine. I don't support spending my money on the worthless Iraq people either.
2007-10-04 03:12:20 · answer #8 · answered by John himself 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋
RLP is such a horrible person. I hope her kids don't turn out to be like her.
2007-10-04 12:46:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
So if I am reading RLP right, Bush only cares for the children he put it harms way by invading their country and destroying it?
2007-10-04 02:09:31 · answer #10 · answered by slykitty62 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋